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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
DHANRAJ ASWANI – Appellant
Versus
AMAR S. MULCHANDANI – Respondent
Key Points: - An accused person in custody for one offence may apply for anticipatory bail in relation to a different offence (!) (!) . - Custody in one case does not extinguish the statutory right to seek anticipatory bail for a separate, non-bailable offence (!) (!) . - Each case must be considered independently, and anticipatory bail may be granted if the accused has a reason to believe they may be arrested for the other offence (!) (!) .
J U D G M E N T
J.B. PARDIWALA, J. :-
For the convenience of exposition, this judgment is divided into the following parts:
A. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT ........................... 4 B. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT NO. 1 (ORIGINAL ACCUSED) ............................................................................. 7 C. VIEWS OF DIFFERENT HIGH COURTS ON THE ISSUE IN QUESTION ................................................................................................. 10 D. ANALYSIS .................................................................................................. 25 i. Evolution of the concept of anticipatory bail ....................................... 25 ii. Whether a person, while in custody for a particular offence, can have a “reason to believe” that he may be arrested in relation to some other non-bailable offence? .................................................................... 44 iii. Illustrative Examples .............................................................................. 63 E. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................... 65
1. A short question of general publi
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